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I am pretty sure the wiring should be the same "3 wires" ; if you are doing the NAVI retro fit you just need the right pin terminal to fit into the supplied connector that came with the Retro fit harness.

I am pretty sure the wiring should be the same "3 wires" ; if you are doing the NAVI retro fit you just need the right pin terminal to fit into the supplied connector that came with the Retro fit harness.

yeah, im going to be too lazy to do this and just order the $75 adapter if I can't find one... I am tearing apart the entire car this weekend for the OEM Nav retrofit, and the last thing I want to be concerned about is the dumb AUX cable... Have enough on my plate with all this. ha

I was going to say - the Aux adapter meant for the non-Nav radio worked with the Nav radio when I did my retrofit. I was using the Aux PN 82 11 0 149 389 with my standard radio, and simply transferred it to the Nav unit, and everything works like it should. At any rate, the price that you picked yours up for seems very reasonable, so you didn't lose anything.

I was going to say - the Aux adapter meant for the non-Nav radio worked with the Nav radio when I did my retrofit. I was using the Aux PN 82 11 0 149 389 with my standard radio, and simply transferred it to the Nav unit, and everything works like it should. At any rate, the price that you picked yours up for seems very reasonable, so you didn't lose anything.

O I thought you were going to tackle the install yourself. How much have they quoted you for it?

I'm "assisting." hah... 3-4 hours labor... depends how long it takes... From talking with Addell (addy25) from Lexington, he said it shouldn't take more than 3 hours. 90% of the work is running the wiring harness, the rest is plug and play essentially...

Not sure whether you are going the retrofit harness route or the factory installation harness, but BMW's retrofit guide outlines how this is done - a new connector housing needs to be added to connect the Aux cables to the retrofit harness.